Family Connection: Resources for Talking to your Child about Immigration and Refugees

I’m not that great at book displays. I know, I know, librarians are supposed to have great book display game. We’re supposed to be cutting, tracing, glueing, bubble-letter geniuses. Maybe it’s the fact that my readers are so enthusiastic that books in our library don’t take much selling; maybe it’s because my ideas are much […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! Elephant and Piggie 10,000 feet under the sea. Narwhal and Jelly, a new series in the unlikely-but-precious-best-friends set, star in this adorable junior graphic novel. The short book is split into vignettes, punctuated with fun irreverent brain breaks like Real(ly) […]

Many children lose someone that they love early in their lives. It is hard to watch a child in pain, and even more difficult to help heal the heart of someone you love while you, yourself, are hurting. Whether the loss is of a parent, grandparent, friend, or beloved pet, understanding death, its permanency, and […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! This was the third book about a fox that I read this month. It’s interesting to me the way the fox has become such a popular vehicle for personification and imagery in literature. Each author does it differently – and […]

WHO: 7th and 8th grade readers. WHAT: A book club to discuss The Rock and the River, a book about a 13 year old boy living in Chicago in 1968, right at the crux of the Civil Rights Movement. The Rock and the River is an award-winning novel told from a unique and valuable point of view. Copies […]

Since the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, thousands of students in Texas have not been able to return to school. When they do go back, many will have lost their classroom, school, and public libraries. As part of an ongoing desire to teach our students empathy and the importance of community service, 4th grade teacher McKenzie […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! This graphic novel is all kinds of cute. Penelope (Peppi) is new in school and finds kindred spirits in the Art Club. When the principal pits the Art Club against the Science Club for the last remaining booth for the […]